Pre-Calculus

8-13-2012:

Pre-Calculus

Visit 5 websites.  Copy the URL’s in a word document.  Number the URL’s 1 through 5.  Write a paragraph in response to each question.

      Use the websites to answer the following questions.

1. What is Precalculus?
2. Who invented Calculus?  When?  What were some particular circumstances about the invention of calculus?
3. What kinds of problems will you study in Precalculus?
4. Discuss at least three ways calculus and Precalculus are used in the real world.

1. Visit http://www.wmueller.com/precalculus/whatis/0.html. 

In your own words, summarize and explain A Parable of Precalculus.